Klagenfurt

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Klagenfurt (Slovenian: Celovec) is the capital of Carinthia in Austria.

	klagenfurt Travel Guide : 1 Understand 2 Get in 2.1 By air 2.2 By train 2.3 By bus 2.4 By car 3 Get around 4 See 5 Do 6 Buy 7 Eat 8 Drink 9 Sleep 9.1 Budget 9.2 Mid Range 9.3 Splurge 10 Get out 11 Contact 12 External links

Understand

Klagenfurt has about 90000 inhabitants and is located close to Worthersee. It is the native town of well-known writer Robert Musil (especially known for his book The Man Without Qualities) and is host for the The Ingeborg Bachmann Competition, a famous german literature competition. Gustav Mahler, musician and composer also worked and lived in Klagenfurt. Every year the Beach Volleyball Grand Slam Tournament takes place at Worthersee lake at the beginning of August.

Get in

By air

Klagenfurt has its own international Airport Flughafen Klagenfurt (http://www.klagenfurt-airport.com/).

Scheduled flights operate to Klagenfurt from Berlin-Tegel, Koln - Bonn, Frankfurt-Hahn, Frankfurt-Main, Hamburg, Hannover, London and Vienna.

Other nearby Airports include Graz, Salzburg, Vienna and Ljubljana and Maribor.

By train

Since Klagenfurt is located at a railway gateway to Italy, Slovenia and Germany, it can be easily reached by any bigger Austrian city. There are hourly connections to Vienna,Graz and neighbouring Villach.

By bus

Klagenfurt has daily connections to Graz (departing close to the main train station) and to Ljubljana in Slovenia. Tickets can be bought directly on the bus.

By car

Klagenfurt is located at the A2 motorway and has three exits (Klagenfurt-West, Klagenfurt-Ost and Klagenfurt Airport). Therefor it can be easily reached by Graz, Vienna and Villach. The B91 connects Klagenfurt to Slovenia.

Get around

Most sights of interest can be easily reached by foot. Klagenfurt offers an extensive bus network. Tickets can be bought directly at the bus and cost around ? 4,00 (24h ticket) or ?0,90 for a single ride. The main bus hub is located at Heiligengeistplatz in the centre of the city.

See

• Minimundus Villacher Straße 241, Tel. 21194, open from April to October. This park offers a huge collection of miniature models of famous buildings from many countries in the world. Entrance is around ?11, there are special fares for groups and children.
• Reptilienzoo Happ Villacher Straße 237, Tel. 23425, open daily from 8.00 a.m to 6.00 p.m. - A small zoo offering a large and varied stock of reptiles and animals. Entrance is around ?8, there are special fares for children and groups.
• Europapark - This park, located next to the Minimundus and to the Strandbad (beach) of the Worthersee invites to stroll, relax, play chess and enjoy the beautiful plants. Watch male peacocks fan their feathers.
• Robert Musil Museum, Bahnhofstraße 50 Tel. 501429 open Mo-Fr 10.00am to 5.00pm, Sa 10.00am to 2.00pm, entrance is free. The museum is actually the house of birth of writer Rober Musil. If you are interested in literature, this is the place to go.

Do

• If you are interested in the historic city centre, you might want to take an organized tour : a historic city walk. Those tours are available daily (at 10 am) during summer time. Just head for Neuer Platz (in front of the city hall) or call 537 2293 for more details. The tour is free.

Buy

The centre of the city (around Alter Platz) offers a large variety of boutiques, book shops and perfumeries. Big shopping malls are located in Volkermarkterstrasse.

Eat

• Stalls serve traditional Austrian cuisine in the indoor part of Klagenfurt's market. Main courses cost 3-6 ?.
• Kleeblatt, St. Veiter Ring 31, Tel. 502174. The owner's philosophy is to cook simple, honest dishes using high quality ingredients from local farmers. Most classical Austrian dishes are on the menu. The Wiener Schnitzel is highly recommended. Though a haunt of Klagenfurt's "green scene", this place lacks the pretence of the usual "organic" or "health food" restaurant and is frequented by a broad mix of customers. Main courses cost 5-12 ?.
• Gasthaus Pirker, Waltendorfer Str. 129, Tel. 42634 - Offers tradionational carinthian and austrian cuisine.
• Hirter Botschaft, Bahnhofstrasse 44, Tel. 54 44 40 - offers the locally brewed Hirter bier (beer). Serves traditional austrian and carinthian cuisine. (close to the train station)

Drink

• Kamot, Bahnhofstrasse 9, Tel. 56694 - Has live jazz music and serves baguettes and sandwiches.
• CD-Cafe-Bar Pankraz, 8. Mai-Straße 16, Tel. 516675, - a nice place to have coffee in the afternoon and to hang out with friends in the evening. Has alternative music, DJs in on the weekends (hip hop, house, funk, dnb, reggae), readings and vernissages on a regular base.

Sleep

Budget

• Gasthof Müller, Rankengasse 21, 26-30 Euro (single/double) breakfast included, Tel. 21254
• Gasthof Schlosswirt, St. Veiterstr. 247 20-25 Euro (single/double) breakfast included, Tel.416210
• Jugendgastehaus Klagenfurt, Neckheimgasse 6; Tel.: 0463 511590 A youth hostel close to the university. Has single rooms (? 26.40), doubles (? 22.40) and rooms with four beds (? 18,40) Offers internet access.

Mid Range

• Cityhotel zum Domplatz (http://welcome.to/cityhotel), Karfreitstrasse 20 (in the centre of the city), 59-65/79-87 Euro (single/double).

Splurge

• Hotel Palais Porcia (http://www.hotel-palais-porcia.com/en/stadthotel/index.htm), Neuer Platz 13 (in the centre of the city), 119-197/84-182 Euro (single/double).

Get out

• Take a trip around lake Worthersee with stops in Portschach, Velden am Worthersee and Maria Worth.
• Archaeological Park Magdalensberg Close to Klagenfurt Virunum, the ruins of an ancient roman city (around 50 AC) can be found. Virunum can be best reached by car (take B317 to St. Veit). Entrance is around ?5 (plus ?1 if you want a guided tour), special fares apply to groups and children. The site is open from May to October from 9am to 7pm. For more information and material contact Tel. +43 4224/2255
• Gerlitzen is a mountain and small ski resort an hour from Klagenfurt. The skiing is nothing special but Gerlitzen offers some of the best vistas in Austria. On clear days almost the whole of Carinthia can be seen from this mountain top. You can either drive up (take care in winter) or take the cable car. From the parking space/cable car station it's a hour's walk to the summit. The cable car station at the mountain's base at Annenheim can be reached by bus or train, though connections are poor.
• Burg Hochosterwitz. One of the most impressive medieval castles in Austria.
• There are a couple of excellent health spas near Klagenfurt, ideal for a day of relaxation and pampering. The council swimming pool in the city of St Veit is about half an hour from Klagenfurt, and offers state of the art sauna facilities for a bargain price of 10 EUR for a day. The hot springs at Warmbad Villach are also a good place to go for swimming, relaxing, sauna and massage. Price is ?14 per day.

Contact

The local area code is (0)463. The country code for Austria is +43. An internet cafe can be found at Waaggasse 10 (Sir Magic's Internet Cafe, close to Alter Platz)

External links

• Klagenfurt Tourist Office (http://www.info.klagenfurt.at/)
• Beachvolleyball Grand Slam Tournament (http://www.beachvolleyball.at/index.php?sprache=english)
• More information on Minimundus (http://www.minimundus.at/englisch/frame_ueber_uns.htm)

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